First Sans Serif Font Friday
Today’s Font Friday is about the first sans-serif typefaces in history and in the modern era, from the fascinating site “Graphic Design History.” The site has a vast amount of thoughtfully-organized information. Says site creator Nancy Stock-Allen, M.F.A.: This site was first put on the web in 1999 as a quick outline of my lectures […]
How to make a cup of time
With a purchased clockwork mechanism, you can make a clock out of almost anything, but this is my favorite. Materials: A melamine cup. Melamine foodware was mostly made during the 50s and 60s so you can often find cups at thrift or vintage stores. You can also find modern-day melamine cups in camping or baby […]
Farhad’s Font Friday: Knife Typography by Farhad Moshiri
Life is Beautiful is a 2009 installation by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri using hundreds of kitchen knives to create some exquisite typography. (via notcot) FARHAD MOSHIRI “Life is beautiful” 2009Knives / CouteauxDimensions according to space / 3,25 x 6,16 mPhotograph: © Guillaume ZiccarelliCourtesy: Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong & Paris Born in 1963 in Shiraz, Iran (Islamic Republic of)Lives and works between Tehran, […]
High-speed camera system reveals what snow looks like in midair
These fluffy snowflakes, known as aggregates, form when snow crystals collide with other snow crystals. Many of these flakes also show some riming, or an icy coating. A new high-speed, three-camera system developed at the University of Utah made these pictures as the snowflakes fell. Credit: Tim Garrett, University of Utah University of Utah researchers […]